"Alex is an exceptional young man," Zablocki told the Sheboygan Times.

Cedar Grove rallied from a 14-0 deficit to lead 15-14 in the third quarter.

"Cedar Grove is a pretty good football team and they lost to a good team," Hofer said, "They don't do a lot of things defensively but they're sound."

NOTES: The Flivvers and Rockets kick off at 7 p.m. ... Kingsford converted just 4 of 15 third-down plays against Lakeland ... Caleb Bray was named Blocker of the Week ... Wienke registered 15 defensive points and Larson had 10 according to the Flivver defensive charts. Connor Berndt, Sean Ryan and Wienke each made six tackles.

Newberry (1-0, 0-0) at North Dickinson (1-0, 0-0), Mid-Eastern, 6 p.m. - Coach Joe Reddinger's Nordics will be out to stop an Indians' rushing attack that pounded Rudyard for 267 yards. Mike Ash led Newberry with 145 yards and two scores in the 34-6 decision.

"We knew we were going to put it to them," Ash told The Evening News. "They blocked their butts off. The holes were as wide as you could possibly hope for. I'm happy. I can not wait until next week (against North Dickinson)."

Rudyard, with Norway grad Matt Johnson in his coaching debut, operated with a single-wing offense for some of the first-half plays.

"It's the first time in decades that Ken Hofer isn't coaching in Menominee, so I thought that somewhere in the U.P. the single wing should be in action," Johnson said. "Really from a matchup, X's and O's point of view, it was there, we just physically didn't execute."

Tim Hruska's 165 yards rushing and two scores boosted the Nordics past Florence in the season opener.